ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC tore England apart last night with a sensational four-goal display and capped the evening with an outrageous 35-yard overhead kick that’s already been labeled the greatest goal ever.

The Sweden striker was in unplayable form at the Friends Arena, turning in a truly world class performance that Roy Hodgson’s men simply couldn’t cope with.

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And the 31-year-old’s final strike was so good even Three Lions skipper Steven Gerrard, who earned his 100th cap, was bristling with admiration as he claimed it’s the best he’d seen live and poured praise on the game’s main protagonist.

He said: “I still stick by Zinedine Zidane as the best player of his generation but Ibrahimovic’s performance was world class and he just scored one of the best goals I’ve seen live.

“It was his night. If someone scores four goals and the way he scored them...it’s one of the best I’ve seen.”

The Sweden captain opened the scoring on a counterattack in the 20th minute, pouncing to stab in the rebound after Tottenham kid Steven Caulker blocked his initial shot.

It was fitting the towering striker would be the first person to score in the brand new 71,060-seater stadium and it set the stall out for a thrilling friendly encounter.

But the hosts were pegged back in 35 minutes when Ashley Young’s cross was thumped in by the alert Danny Welbeck after a neat move involving Leon Osman.

The Manchester United winger delivered a peach of a cross right into the heart of Sweden’s six-yard area and his Old trafford team-mate was on hand to finish.

It was not in the same class as his brilliant match-winner in Kiev at Euro 2012 but it was his fifth goal of an incredible calendar year.

And England turned the game around three minutes later when debutant Caulker poked home from close range after some sloppy defending by a stuttering Swedish back four.